The Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg is a city-state. That’s right. Often we forget that through the radical transformation which happened in its history, today Germany has become a Bundesrepublik, a federal republic comprising autonomous states. And in this … Read More
The first time I heard about Bibione as a tourist destination it was during my travel in Czech Republic a few years ago. I used to ask ‘have you ever been to Italy?’, and often people would answer me ‘yes, … Read More
It often happens to me that I link my travel experiences to childhood memories. My trip to the Douro Valley in Portugal was such a time. My childish memory regards those liquor bottles in the minibar of our dining room, … Read More
Basilicata, also known as Lucania, is a region in the south of Italy. Within its borders is the National Park of Lucanian Appenines Val D’Agri Lagonegrese, a green pearl comprising natural wonders and beautiful historical sites still emanating their Medieval … Read More
I can hardly imagine how my province has to look like to the ‘strangers’ in this time of the year. Irpinia – a historic region roughly located around Avellino, in Southern Italy – is usually renown for being quite a … Read More
In Italian lagoon is feminine. Quite and mysterious. The sea, instead, is masculine. It never rests, always subjected to wind and waves.(from the movie ‘Shun Li and the Poet’) I spent a weekend in Italy, in the north-eastern region Veneto. … Read More
The alarm-clock rings at nine in the morning. It’s pitch dark. It snowed when we arrived yesterday evening and it kept on snowing all night long. Húsavík is covered in immaculate snow. On the slope of the mountain behind the … Read More
I was walking on Lake Street, the one skirting the Pasquart district, when I saw it standing out at my left. The Reformed Evangelic Parish of Pasquart is an impressive New Gothic sight that gazes over the town from its … Read More
The Sorbs? Who are the Sorb people? And Lusatia? Where is that? Let’s start from the beginning. Lusatia is the easternmost region in ex East Germany. And that’s no small feat, especially if – like me – you were young … Read More